John Convention
The Johannes or Great Convent was a beguinage that already existed in 1414 and has been a Franciscan nunnery in the town of Goch on the Lower Rhine since around 1440 .
history
The Goch Beginenkonvent in Mühlenstrasse was first clearly tangible in 1414. It may, however, be identical to a beguinage in the city that was mentioned in 1358 or one that was donated in 1399. Between 1439 and 1441 the Beguines accepted the Third Order of the Franciscans ; hence the name "Terziarinnenkloster" is derived. Around this time the monastery probably accepted the patronage of St. John the Evangelist . The sisters worked in linen weaving. In 1455, Duke Arnold von Geldern limited the number of inmates to 50. In order to distinguish between the smaller Beguine Convent at the churchyard, the term "Large Convent" has been used for the Johannes Convent since the 16th century.
In 1802 the monastery was dissolved as part of the secularization. The buildings have been used as a hospital since 1849. The former monastery church was demolished in 1938 and the other buildings in 1969. A building from the mid-17th century that housed the city library until 2012 has been preserved.
literature
- Manuel Hagemann: Goch - St. Johannes . In: Nordrheinisches Klosterbuch, Vol. 2, Franz Schmitt: Siegburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-87710-449-1 , pp. 392–395.